The Miss America pageant has increasingly become more progressive over the years. This past year the pageant celebrated its 100th year and crowned their first Korean-American winner, Emma Broyles from Alaska. Broyles, aged 20 received her winning crown and a $100,000 college scholarship at the award show on December 16th, 2021. Broyles represented Alaska at…
Sometime in the 1990s, Chinese journalists coined the word “hallyu” to describe the wave of Korean pop culture and entertainment that was gaining popularity outside of Korea. Almost thirty years later in 2021, hallyu along with 25 other Korean words, have officially found their way into the Oxford English Dictionary, the reference book that is…
Long before the creation of Koreatown in LA, SF or NYC, there was Pachappa Camp in Riverside, CA, a settlement of Korean Americans that dates back to 1904. There are many strange mysteries about this little known town but perhaps strangest of all is that it was forgotten for so long. A new exhibit in…
Meet Ji-Young, the very first Asian American Muppet and the newest resident on Sesame Street! According to Ji-Young’s bio on the Sesame Street website, she is a spunky 7 years old Korean American who loves playing an electric guitar with her Sesame Street friends, playing soccer, and skateboarding. “Ji-Young is extremely close with her family…
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021 awards were announced earlier this month with two Korean owned restaurants included on the list: San Francisco’s Benu and Manhattan’s Atomix. This is the second time Benu has been named to the list and the first time for Atomix. They are the only two Korean owned restaurants to…
Joseph Bae, a Korean American and co-president of KKR & Co., was named co-chief executive officer earlier this week at the world’s No. 3 private equity firm. Bae is the second Korean American CEO to lead a global private equity giant after Kewsong Lee became the sole CEO of the Carlyle Group last year. According…
The Los Angeles Lakers have announced that they have chosen CJ’s bibigo to be their first global marketing partner. As such, the bibigo logo will be displayed on the team uniform of NBA superstar LeBron James as well as every other Lakers team member. A bibigo logo will be attached on the top left of…
“Likeness and Legacy in Korean Portraiture,” an exhibition of portrait paintings spanning from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) to the contemporary era, is being held at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco now through Nov. 28, 2021. This exhibition is the first major show of Korean portraiture to take place in the United States. What…
Since 2004, Time magazine has selected 100 people each year that they find to be the most influential in the world. This year’s list includes three Koreans: Poet Cathy Park Hong and two of the lead actors from the groundbreaking Korean American film Minari, Steven Yeun and Youn Yuh-jung. The 18th annual list of influential…
A mesmerizing riot of sights and sounds, Nam June Paik brings together more than 200 works by the visionary experimental artist who bridged art, music, performance, and technology in groundbreaking ways, and whose influence is still felt in the art, pop culture, music, and film of today. One of the first truly global and transnational artists, Paik…